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Offline WillS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2016, 05:34:51 am »
I don't like your hunch Pappy :P
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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2016, 05:42:05 am »
I knew you wouldn't. ;) Just never had many if any that ticked that didn't at very least pop a splinter
and worst exploded. ;) :)
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2016, 06:03:55 am »
The back is in tension.
Any wrapping going around the bow will stiffen it a tad but won't add much in the way of increased resistance to tension along the back.
If you think it will blow anyway, why not try the patch?
Just think of the physics... just like the recent thread about butt splicing a bow. The unanimous opinion was an overlay over the joint. It worked.
You can lead a horse to water...
No more from me on this thread... honest, yes, really....
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2016, 12:42:41 pm »
That is a giant crack. I'd superglue it and I'd do a sinew wrap to the end of the crack.
When I tiller a knot, I leave the knotted area  a little stiffer than the rest of the limb.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #19 on: March 23, 2016, 02:26:51 pm »
Nothing left for me to say about possible fixes, all my heroes have chipped in. 

I just wanted to ask for more photos, preferably with the rest of the bow.  That one pic was a tease!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #20 on: March 23, 2016, 02:30:50 pm »
Try drilling a hole right through the limb (thickness) where the crack stops. It cant get past that hole and that hole wont hurt the bow.
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Offline WillS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #21 on: March 23, 2016, 03:26:41 pm »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 23, 2016, 02:30:50 pm
Try drilling a hole right through the limb (thickness) where the crack stops. It cant get past that hole and that hole wont hurt the bow.

Oooof that's a brave idea!  The logic makes sense.  Might need a new pair of undies...
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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2016, 03:41:30 pm »
I see no reason it wont work! The hole only needs to be a 2-3mm at most.
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Offline WillS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2016, 03:45:24 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on March 23, 2016, 02:26:51 pm
Nothing left for me to say about possible fixes, all my heroes have chipped in. 

I just wanted to ask for more photos, preferably with the rest of the bow.  That one pic was a tease!

Fine :D

These aren't finished photos - the tiller was tweaked and the bow oiled since but this should give a rough idea.  I don't usually take full draw photos for various reasons, but I'm getting nagged to death by people about this one, so I might take one later and add it in here as well. 

It's English Yew, somewhere between 50 and 60lb at 27" (or 28" with a deadly-sounding ticking soundtrack)







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Offline WillS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #24 on: March 23, 2016, 03:46:22 pm »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 23, 2016, 03:41:30 pm
I see no reason it wont work! The hole only needs to be a 2-3mm at most.

Has it been done somewhere I can see it?  Sounds like an amazing fix, but I think seeing a successful bow with it having been used would ease the nerves a bit!
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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2016, 03:48:39 pm »
Glass bow guys do it all the time. The truth of the matter is glass will act the same way when a crack starts. Plus, looking over your new pictures I doubt a 2-3 mm hole will even be noticed by that wood!
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Offline WillS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2016, 04:08:32 pm »
Interesting.  Cheers for the idea - I'm gonna give it a go, and wrap as the other guys suggested as well!  I only need one extra inch of draw to be happy enough to sell this one so fingers crossed!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2016, 04:09:11 pm »
Thanks for the photos, Will.  She's quite the character and I am sincerely hoping she works out for you!  Wow, what a looker!
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2016, 04:10:48 pm »
A wrap wont do anything but make your beautiful yew bow ugly!!! :)
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Yew bow crack around a knot
« Reply #29 on: March 23, 2016, 05:20:13 pm »
never sell a bow that has issues,, :) or that you have to cross your fingers  ;)
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